Greg Stewart (athlete)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | 13 July 1986
Sport | |
Sport | Paralympic athletics |
Disability class | F46 |
Event | shot put |
Club | Kamloops Track and Field Club |
Coached by | Dylan Armstrong |
Medal record |
Gregory Stewart (born July 13, 1986) is a Canadian para-athlete who specializes in shot put. He represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Career
Stewart represented Canada at the 2019 Parapan American Games where he overcame a back injury and won a silver medal in the shot put F46 event with a Canadian record of 16.30-metres. He also represented Canada at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the shot put F46 event.[1]
Stewart represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the shot put F46 event and won a gold medal with a Paralympic Games record of 16.75-metres.[2]
Personal life
Stewart was born without the lower part of his left arm.[3]
References
- ^ "Greg Stewart". paralympic.org. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ "Canada's Greg Stewart wins shot put gold at Paralympics". CBC.ca. August 31, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ "Greg Stewart". olympics.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
External links
- Greg Stewart at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Greg Stewart at the International Paralympic Committee
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Victoria, British Columbia
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Canada
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Canadian male shot putters
- 20th-century Canadian people
- 21st-century Canadian people
- Canadian Paralympic medalist stubs